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120082 PS Interdisciplinary Course (501) = Proseminar Cultural Studies (2009S)

Naming our selves and telling our stories in our own words

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik

Continuous assessment of course work

Diese LVA gilt für das Bachelorstudium nach UG2002, das Diplomstudium (UniStG) und das Lehramt UF Englisch (UniStG).

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Registration is open from Mo 16.02.2009 14:00 to Mo 23.02.2009 09:00
Registration is open from We 25.02.2009 14:00 to We 04.03.2009 23:59
Deregistration possible until Tu 31.03.2009 23:59

Details

max. 30 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Marike Korn

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Thursday 19.03. 17:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Thursday 26.03. 17:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Thursday 02.04. 17:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Thursday 23.04. 17:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Thursday 30.04. 17:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Thursday 07.05. 17:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Thursday 14.05. 17:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Thursday 28.05. 17:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Thursday 04.06. 17:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Thursday 18.06. 17:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Thursday 25.06. 17:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

"Here, we attempt to bridge the contradictions in our experience [¿] We do this by naming our selves and by telling our stories in our own words."1

The attempt to create a space for subjectivity is central to texts written by women of color that often deal with issues such as the historization of oppression, the reclaiming of history, the construction of collectivist memory, and the use of literature and film as means of resistance, and as a way of bridging the gap between theory and practice.2 These concepts will be only some of the central question we will explore in this interactive course. We will also engage in cultural studies' discussions of race, ethnicity, class and sexuality on the basis of historical contextualization, and theoretical debates that are essential to the discussion of the representation of women of color in the U.S.
We will critically discuss a vast number of theoretical, historical texts and fictional texts by African-American, Asian American and Chicana feminists.
The course will introduce the students to influential debates within feminist thought such as difference vs. essentialism, standpoint theory, postcolonialism and whiteness studies.

Assessment and permitted materials

Regular attendance, participation in critically engaged discussions, a presentation in class, three portfolios, a final written exam.
1 Moraga, Cherrie, "Theory in the Flesh," in This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color. Eds. Cherrie Moraga and Gloria Anzaldua. San Francisco, 1981.
2 Carby, Hazel, "On the Threshold of a Woman's Era": Lynching, Empire, and Sexuality in Black Feminist Theory," in Dangerous Liaisons: Gender, Nation and Postcolonial Perspectives. Eds. Anne McClintock et al. Minneapolis 1997. p. 337.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

Reading list

A course reader will be available with excerpts from theoretical, historical and fictional texts; two movies will be shown.

Association in the course directory

501, 701, 1131

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